<p>Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) defended President Donald Trump&#8217;s decision to begin the process of shutting down the Department of Education, arguing that it has not shown tangible results to justify its existence.</p>
<p>Paul made the remarks during a Sunday interview on CBS News&#8217; &#8220;Face The Nation&#8221; with Margaret Brennan when asked about whether low-income schools would continue to receive federal subsidies if the Department is closed.</p>
<p>&#8220;I think the bigger question is, if we&#8217;re sending all this money to Kentucky and all the other states, why are our scores abysmal?&#8221; Paul asked. &#8220;Why do two-thirds of the kids not read at proficiency? Why do two-thirds of the kids or more not have math proficiency?&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s been an utter failure,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;I&#8217;d leave it back to the states. It has always been a position, a very mainstream Republican position, to have control of the schools by the states, send the money back to the states, or, better yet, never take it from the states.&#8221;</p>
<p>He said that states are much better equipped at knowing how to spend money on the education needs in their states than the federal government.</p>
<p>&#8220;When I talk to teachers, they chafe at the national mandates on testing, they think are not appropriate for their kids,&#8221; he said. &#8220;They think they waste too much time teaching to national testing. The teachers would like more autonomy, and I think the teachers deserve more autonomy.&#8221;</p>
<p>Paul said that he would rather have &#8220;a guarantee that my kids can read and write and do math&#8221; than worry about any guarantees from the federal government that it will continue pumping billions of dollars in education funding.</p>
<p>&#8220;The number of dollars has gone up exponentially and our scores have gone the other way,&#8221; he said. &#8220;So dollars are not proportional to educational success. What I want is success. And I have talked a lot about this. I think there are innovations we can do where there&#8217;s more learning via some of the best teachers and we pay them more. I would like to have an NBA or NFL of teachers, the most extraordinary teachers, teach the entire country, if not the entire world.&#8221;</p>
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